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Any Kobe updates???

I know they said he would travel with the team, was wondering if anybody follows him on twitter or something. Some friends and I made plans to see him play at the Garden this year because we thought it may be the last time we get to see him play.....then he breaks his knee, the knicks game is the last on the road trip and almost six weeks to the day so Im still holding on to a thread of hope. Also Im gonna hold up a sign to try to get on TV, I know its kinda childish but wtf, I was gonna have it say "PLEASE MELO STAY.....,we dont want you in L.A." and maybe add like a hashtag thing that says DONTDOITMITCH, but my buddies tell me they dont wanna get jumped outside the Garden so Im open to suggestions. Thanks for reading and ROLL THAT TANK.

I know they said he would travel with the team, was wondering if anybody follows him on twitter or something. Some friends and I made plans to see him play at the Garden this year because we thought it may be the last time we get to see him play.....then he breaks his knee, the knicks game is the last on the road trip and almost six weeks to the day so Im still holding on to a thread of hope. Also Im gonna hold up a sign to try to get on TV, I know its kinda childish but wtf, I was gonna have it say "PLEASE MELO STAY.....,we dont want you in L.A." and maybe add like a hashtag thing that says DONTDOITMITCH, but my buddies tell me they dont wanna get jumped outside the Garden so Im open to suggestions. Thanks for reading and ROLL THAT TANK.

I hate to snip your thread of hope and then light both ends on fire, but there is zero chance he plays any of the games on this trip. I would be shocked if he played any games before the All-Star break to be honest, but you never know how bad the itch is going to get once he's been medically cleared.

I hate to snip your thread of hope and then light both ends on fire, but there is zero chance he plays any of the games on this trip. I would be shocked if he played any games before the All-Star break to be honest, but you never know how bad the itch is going to get once he's been medically cleared.

Yeah thats what I was dreading. I guess Ill make sure to bring a paperbag and cut some eyes out.

"If you give yourself wiggle room to not push yourself as hard as you possibly can by thinking 'I'm going to sit out' . . . then the motivation's gone, and I refuse to have that happen," Bryant said Friday before the Lakers beat the Boston Celtics, 107-104. "It's my job to be ready."

Would Bryant be better served given where the Lakers are in the standings to sit out the rest of the season and let his body fully heal?
"I don't think that's the best thing and here's why: These guys are creatures of repetition. They take hundreds of shots a day from different points on the court. They run, they basically through the course of their practices and shoot-arounds and participation in play throughout the year just get so comfortable with their craft.
"So I would say, 'All right, listen. We'll use this year as a bit of a reassimilation experiment. We'll watch your minutes and you get out there and play the active game of basketball.' There's still some value to him playing live NBA games. There is nothing like it. So you really need to remember and experience what that feels like and not just sort of be dropped in the bucket and he can use that experience this year to sort of get ready for next year."ben.bolch@latimes.com
Twitter: @latbbolch